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Jesus Christ bled from every pore
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Criticism
The Book of Mormon contains a reference to the intense agony endure by Jesus Christ in performing the Atonement:
- And lo, he shall suffer temptations, and pain of body, hunger, thirst, and fatigue, even more than man can suffer, except it be unto death; for behold, blood cometh from every pore, so great shall be his anguish for the wickedness and the abominations of his people. (Mosiah 3:7, emphasis added.)
Critics claim that the reference to blood coming from a pore is anachronistic, since Nephite authors would not have known about skin pores. Joseph Smith, it is claimed, would have known about pores, and so the Book of Mormon's addition of the word "pore" to the Bible's account of Christ's suffering reflects Joseph's worldview, and not that of an ancient author.
Source(s) of the criticism
Response
When were skin pores known?
Can skin pores produce blood?
What did Joseph Smith's day believe about sweat and pores?
Conclusion
Endnotes
None
Further reading
FAIR wiki articles
FAIR web site
- FAIR Topical Guide:
External links
E.T. Renbourn, "The Natural History of Insensible Transpiration: A Forgotten Doctrine of Health and Disease," Medical History 4/2 (April 1960): 135–152.*